It was still a shiny black humanoid mech with a metallic luster. It had a well-proportioned body, with thorns all over its body. The sharp barbs were terrifying to look at. The spikes covered its entire body. Its head, shoulders, elbows, knees, and legs were all covered in rows of jagged spikes. The metal spikes were of different lengths, but all of them were sharp. Ye Chong also noticed that the spikes on its hands were not black, but a dull golden color.
It was the first time Ye Chong saw a Black Cove mech with a color other than black, and he dared not to be careless.
"Ye, be careful, this is from the Black Cove's core region. They are the real battle mechs. This model of mech should be called Thorn, hmm, if the information is correct. Be careful, the real battle mech pilots of Black Cove are very strong. Hehe, that's relative to you. In my eyes, this is just a piece of cake. Hah, Ye, enjoy the joy of battle. "Shang's arrogant laughter made Ye Chong want to strangle the guy.
Han Jia could not hide in optical mode either. However, the fact that the mech could sneak so close to them without being noticed was shocking to the Black Cove mech pilots who survived the Beauty's Letter.
Thorn spoke calmly, "Leave this guy to me. You guys go finish off the warship."
"Yes sir!" The rest of the mechs rushed towards the slow and cumbersome warship.
Thorn looked at the strange mech before him, and was shocked. Wasn't this the full-skeleton mech that the higher-ups were looking for? With his eyesight, if he could not recognize a full-skeleton mech, he should just slit his own throat and die. In fact, no mech pilot who had undergone systematic training in Black Cove would fail to recognize a full-skeleton mech, especially when he was an elite of the Black Cove's core region.
Full-skeleton mechs had always been a thing of legends. People had proposed the idea a long time ago, but there was no other information about it other than the full-skeleton mech before him. Black Cove had also been researching full-skeleton mechs, but there was no progress until now.
It was said that the creator of the only full-skeleton mech in existence was also the pilot of this mech. Could it be that the pilot of this full-skeleton mech was the pilot? He also remembered that this pilot seemed to be related to a few other orders from Black Cove. What a complicated character!
No matter what, this mech and its pilot were his targets.
Ye Chong was also studying the mech. This mech named Thorn looked like a porcupine, and Ye Chong did not know where to start. Fortunately, Han Jia was armed, or Ye Chong would have to fight it bare-handed.
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed before his eyes and he lost sight of the person. Ye Chong was startled!
"What a fast mech," Ye Chong thought.
In a moment of desperation, Han Jia twisted its body and made a strange change in direction, turning to where the other person was just a moment ago.
A few flashes of cold light shone at Ye Ye Chong. The opponent's mech was fast, Ye Chong guessed that it was about as fast as his Han Jia. Even if it was slower, it would only be a matter of seconds. Mach 8/9 was so fast that Ye Chong did not think much of it when he was using it to bully others, but now he had a taste of its true power.
Thorn thought to himself, "As expected of a full-skeleton mech, it's even faster than me by a few notches." The Thorn mech was the fastest mech of the same level in the Black Core Sector. He did not expect a full-skeleton mech to have such excellent performance. No wonder the higher-ups were so keen on the pilot.
However, Thorn did not panic. The mech's performance was only one aspect. In the end, a battle between mechs was still a battle between humans. He had absolute confidence in his own strength.
Ye Chong was shocked. Judging from the opponent's attack, he was definitely the strongest opponent he had ever met.
The great battle was imminent, and a slight excitement mixed in with his calm that was as calm as water.
Thorn did not have any other weapons, which meant that his only choice was close combat. However, close combat was also the unique fighting style of Black Cove. In this aspect, Black Cove mech pilots had the absolute authority.
Close combat was also Ye Chong's fighting style. Ye Chong's other identity, YC, was the representative of mech combat in the virtual world.
Almost as if they were telepathic, the two mechs moved at the same time.
The dagger was already in Han Jia's hands. The dagger in Han Jia's right hand slashed towards the opponent's throat, while the dagger in its left hand slashed towards Thorn's abdomen.
Thorn also left afterimages in his wake. Han Jia's two attacks were easily nullified by him. Ye Chong could not help but admire him for being able to maintain such precision and accuracy even when moving at such a high speed, even though he was his enemy.
The two mechs fought close to each other, and with their incredible speed, it was hard to tell them apart. All they could see were two blurry shadows. If someone were to record the entire battle and upload it to the virtual world, it would cause a huge uproar.
Both sides were extremely fast, and they left as soon as they touched. Moreover, both sides were equally unconventional. Every part of the mech was a weapon, which made the battle even more exciting. Ye Chong did not even dare to blink. The situation was extremely dangerous.
Thorn was also highly focused. As a combat mech pilot, his combat experience and skills were far beyond Ye Chong's.
Thorn was also highly focused. As a combat mech pilot, his combat experience and skills were far beyond Ye Chong's. However, he had yet to find a way to defeat his opponent.
The opponent's moves were extremely varied. Not only did he use the most popular mech pilot training moves of the Big Five Planets, but he also used combat techniques derived from a certain school. However, the combat techniques of this school were really strange. He even noticed that the opponent was very familiar with some of the basic moves of Black Cove. He could use them with ease, but the pressure he felt was immense. He had never thought that these basic moves could be so powerful.
His moves were swift, his moves were flexible, his figure was erratic, and his direction was strange. This was what Thorn felt the most.
However, Ye Chong was not feeling well either. The pressure from his opponent was unprecedented. This was the first time he had encountered such a formidable opponent ever since he incorporated the combat techniques from the chip Lan Yixing left for him into mech combat. Moreover, the opponent was also a close combat fighter.
The mech called Thorn was fast. Even though the mech was slower than Ye Chong, the positioning and timing of the attacks were amazing. Ye Chong was amazed. The opponent's moves were mainly stabbing. Coupled with the opponent's mech, Ye Chong was having a headache. The spikes were much harder than Ye Chong imagined. Han Jia's dagger had to hit the same spot three times to break one of them. Ye Chong was a little hesitant.
If he had encountered this mech before Lan Yixing, he would have been defeated.
Besides, Ye Chong noticed that the opponent's combat techniques belonged to a system. There were many illogical parts that Ye Chong found hard to deal with. Only then did Ye Chong remember Instructor Hak's words about the ancient combat techniques.
The two of them were locked in a stalemate.
The other 20 odd mechs were charging towards the Coxcomb. But their fates were much more miserable than Thorn's.
This seemingly battered battleship actually did not respond. Could it be that they were also crippled?
They thought it was a reasonable thought. After all, they had seen the warship take countless hits with their own eyes. They were very confident of the power of their warship's cannons.
The enemy's warship was getting closer and closer. Everyone could not help but feel relieved. At such a close distance, without the protection of mechs, the warship was no different from a normal starship.
Just when everyone thought they were about to land, the sudden turn of events made all the mech pilots pale.
The enemy's dying warship suddenly took out countless laser launchers. The number of laser launchers was terrifying, as if the warship was made specifically for the production of laser launchers. For a moment, the twenty or so mech pilots were dazed for a moment. There was probably no warship that would install so many laser launchers on it. How much energy cells would it consume?
When everyone recovered from the shock, the lasers had formed into a light net that enveloped the 20 odd mechs. It was the first time anyone had ever seen such a dense net of fire. On the other hand, the support rounds were fired at the mechs as if they were free.
The overwhelming firepower of the Coxcomb had stunned Commander Fid and Commander Claudia who were trying to maintain the order.
To most people, they had no idea how powerful electromagnetic cannons were. And the laser firepower net in front of them that was like a rain of light brought them an even more shocking effect.
The direct consequence of this was that the originally crowded fleet came to a halt for a long time.
The Black Cove mechs wanted to cry. Normally, they would not care about these laser beams. Against the armor of the Black Cove mechs, the laser beams did not do much damage. However, the dense laser beams before them were enough to scare them out of their wits!
These laser launchers could fire 20 laser beams in a second. The Coxcomb was equipped with laser emitters, and the number of laser beams that could be fired in a second was unimaginable.
The Black Cove mech pilots were saddened to find that the laser beams were surprisingly accurate. When hundreds of laser beams hit a mech at the same time, no matter how powerful the mech was, it could only explode. Moreover, the auxiliary rounds covered by the laser beams had greatly reduced the mechs' performance.
The explosion of 20 mechs lit up the entire space at the same time. The people watched in a daze as the Coxcomb's firepower disappeared in an instant. It was like a wild beast that had just killed its prey and hid its sharp claws, turning back into a gentle pet.
The drastic difference was hard for the people to accept.
Thorn knew something must have happened, but he had no time to pay attention to his surroundings. All he could see was the full-skeleton mech in front of him. Sweat dripped from his forehead. Thorn's hairstyle was also like a ball of weeds growing on it, its roots pointing towards the sky. Thorn was drenched in sweat. The pressure from the mech forced him to give it his all. His hands were already feeling a little tired. Even though his body was strong, maintaining such a high hand speed was still a huge burden.
However, he dared not let his guard down. The full-skeleton mech's two black daggers were like two venomous snakes, hot on his tail. If he let his guard down, he was sure that the two daggers would take advantage of the moment he let his guard down. Besides, the mech's shield was like the Black Cove's mechs, with the sharp edges.
Ye Chong's breathing grew heavier, but his hands continued to move at a high speed. Such a complicated combat maneuver would require a difficult maneuver. It was also Ye Chong's first time maintaining such a high hand speed for such a long period of time.
Han Jia parried Thorn's fist with its dagger. Thorn's fist was covered with dull golden spikes made of some unknown material, as Han Jia's dagger did not damage it at all.
Thorn's fist was blocked, but he bent his elbow and slammed towards Han Jia. The spikes on his elbow glowed coldly. Ye Chong was not sure if Han Jia could block the spikes, so he floated to avoid the attack.
Unexpectedly, there was a sudden change. The spikes on his elbow suddenly detached themselves from the brambles and shot toward Han Jia. Thorn believed that at such a close distance, such a sudden attack, the probability of the opponent dodging it was almost negligible. The spikes were powerful. Even if they could not penetrate the opponent's mech, they could at least cause some damage to the mech.
For experts like them, a little change was enough to give them the upper hand.
However, just when he thought his sneak attack would be successful, Han Jia's shield had already blocked the spikes. From the very beginning, Ye Chong had been guarding against this move. Because he saw with his own eyes that the mech before him used the same method to destroy a Beauty's Crescent. That tiny spike could shatter the Beauty's Crescent completely, and Ye Chong could not help but be cautious of its power.
Ye Chong could clearly feel the opponent's movement slowing down. While he did not know why, he immediately changed his fighting style.
Han Jia began to change directions frequently. These strange and unpredictable changes caused Thorn to be flustered. Han Jia was faster than Thorn to begin with, and Ye Chong's method of utilizing speed was giving Thorn a headache.
Thorn could already feel his hands cramping. He did not expect the opponent to still have such stamina. He did not know that Ye Chong's stamina had reached an insane level. The abilities of his hands were also developed bit by bit by Mu. For a period of time, Ye Chong's steel ball training was like hell to Ye Chong. During that period, Ye Chong had to train with the steel balls every day until his hands cramped. No one knew the pain and sweat of the training.
However, this also greatly improved the ability of his hands to operate continuously. To a mech pilot, the most important thing was his hands. Almost every mech pilot would train their hands specifically, but very few would train their hands to this extent like Ye Chong.
In fact, Ye Chong was not as good as his opponent in terms of combat skills, but in terms of endurance, Ye Chong was undoubtedly better. Until now, Ye Chong was only panting a little, but part of it was due to the excitement of finally gaining the upper hand.
Ye Chong had long realized that a faster hand speed was undoubtedly a great advantage in mech piloting, but not all the maneuvers were effective. For a mech, there would always be a certain threshold for its effective maneuvers. When your hand speed was faster than a certain value, the faster part would be wasted, and it would also consume your physical strength.
All this while, Ye Chong had been trying to reduce his unnecessary maneuvers, and now it seemed that the effect was obvious. In the past, in the same situation today, he would definitely have to play a lot more than today, and he would have to waste a lot more stamina.
The opponent's attack was still sharp, but it was getting weaker in Ye Chong's eyes, since the speed was greatly reduced. Until now, the intensity of the battle was far beyond their imagination.
It was the first time for Thorn to meet someone who could last so long in close combat with him. But it was also because of this that his weakness of stamina was exposed. Usually, under his strange and unpredictable attacks, most people would be taken down by him in a single exchange. He did not expect to meet such an expert today, and the opponent was obviously familiar with all kinds of ambushes.
Thorn was already thinking of retreating. He knew that if he did not leave now, he would definitely lose to the opponent. Both of them had been in a stalemate for so long that they were very familiar with each other's moves, and the opponent did not show any signs of fatigue.
If he really had a cramp in one of his hands, he believed that what awaited him would definitely be a fatal stab.
"Ye, come back quickly, the other 5 warships are heading here." Shang's voice sounded a little anxious.
Ye Chong was startled.
In that brief moment of hesitation, Thorn strangely twisted his body and retreated from the battlefield. A thin beam of blue light flashed and hit Thorn precisely.
Ye Chong could clearly see the blue light penetrating through Thorn's mech, disappearing into the vast space behind him.
Ye Chong turned back and saw Shang waving Recursion proudly at him from the half-closed cabin door.
"This guy, why doesn't he have the demeanor of an expert at all?" Ye Chong muttered. But just as he finished his words, he rushed towards Coxcomb with even more ungentlemanly speed.
There were 5 warships behind him!
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